Jeremiah 21:11-Jeremiah 22:30 - A Series Of Messages For The House Of The King Of Judah
11 “And to the house of the king of Judah say this: ‘Hear the word of the Lord! 12 House of David, this is what the Lord says:
and rescue the victim of robbery
from the hand of his oppressor,
or My anger will flare up like fire
and burn unquenchably
because of their evil deeds.
you who sit above the valley,
you atop the rocky plateau—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
you who say, “Who can come down against us?
Who can enter our hiding places?”
this is the Lord’s declaration.
I will kindle a fire in its forest
that will consume everything around it.’”
1 This is what the Lord says: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and announce this word there. 2 You are to say: Hear the word of the Lord, king of Judah, you who sit on the throne of David—you, your officers, and your people who enter these gates. 3 This is what the Lord says: Administer justice and righteousness.
6 For this is what the Lord says concerning the house of the king of Judah:
or the summit of Lebanon,
but I will certainly turn you into a wilderness,
uninhabited cities.
each with his weapons.
They will cut down the choicest of your cedars
and throw them into the fire.
8 “Many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why did the Lord do such a thing to this great city?’ 9 They will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant
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do not mourn for him.
Weep bitterly for the one
for he will never return again
and see his native land.
11 For this is what the Lord says concerning Shallum
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through unrighteousness,
his upper rooms through injustice,
who makes his fellow man serve without pay
and will not give him his wages,
with spacious upper rooms.”
He will cut windows
and it will be paneled with cedar
and painted with vermilion.
Didn’t your father eat and drink
and administer justice and righteousness?
Then it went well with him.
then it went well.
Is this not what it means to know Me?
This is the Lord’s declaration.
except your own dishonest profit,
shedding innocent blood
and committing extortion and oppression.
18 Therefore, this is what the Lord says concerning Jehoiakim
“Woe, my brother!” or “Woe, my sister!”
They will not mourn for him, saying,
“Woe, lord! Woe, his majesty!”
dragged off and thrown
outside the gates of Jerusalem.
raise your voice in Bashan;
cry out from Abarim,
for all your lovers
You said, “I will not listen.”
This has been your way since youth;
indeed, you have never listened to Me.
and your lovers
Then you will be ashamed and humiliated
because of all your evil.
nestled among the cedars,
how you will groan
agony like a woman in labor.
24 “As I live,” says the Lord, “though you, Coniah
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a jar no one wants?
Why are he and his descendants hurled out
and cast into a land they have not known?
hear the word of the Lord!
30 This is what the Lord says:
a man who will not be successful in his lifetime.
None of his descendants will succeed
in sitting on the throne of David
or ruling again in Judah.